Persoonia rudis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Proteales |
| Family: | Proteaceae |
| Genus: | Persoonia |
| Species: | P. rudis
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| Binomial name | |
| Persoonia rudis | |
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Persoonia rudis is a species of flowering plant in the family Proteaceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with hairy young branchlets, linear leaves, and yellow flowers borne in groups of five to thirty on a rachis 3–100 mm (0.12–3.94 in) that continues to grow after flowering.
Description[edit]
Persoonia rudis is an erect shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.2–1 m (7.9 in – 3 ft 3.4 in) with young branchlets that are covered with pale brown or greyish hair. The leaves are linear, 15–45 mm (0.59–1.77 in) long and 0.7–1.4 mm (0.028–0.055 in) wide with a pointed but not sharp tip. The flowers are arranged in groups of five to thirty along a rachis 3–100 mm (0.12–3.94 in) long that continues to grow after flowering, each flower on a pedicel 2–10 mm (0.079–0.394 in) long with a leaf or a scale leaf at the base. The tepals are yellow, 8–14 mm (0.31–0.55 in) long and the anthers are yellow. Flowering occurs from October to January and the fruit is a smooth, moderately hairy drupe 8.5–9 mm (0.33–0.35 in) long and 5.5–6 mm (0.22–0.24 in) wide.[2][3][4][5]
Taxonomy[edit]
Persoonia rudis was first formally described in 1856 by Carl Meissner in de Candolle's Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from specimens collected in the Swan River Colony by James Drummond.[6][7]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
This geebung grows in low heath and forest between Three Springs and Mogumber in the Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain biogeographic regions in the south-west of Western Australia.[3][5]
Conservation status[edit]
Persoonia rudis is classified as "Priority Three" by the Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife[5] meaning that it is poorly known and known from only a few locations but is not under imminent threat.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Persoonia rudis". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Persoonia rudis P.H.Weston". Flora of Australia Online. Department of the Environment and Heritage, Australian Government.
- ^ a b Weston, Peter H. "Persoonia rudis". Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Agriculture, Water and the Environment: Canberra. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Weston, Peter H. (1994). "The Western Australian species of subtribe Persooniinae (Proteaceae: Persooniodeae: Persoonieae)". Telopea. 6 (1): 140–141. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ a b c "Persoonia rudis". FloraBase. Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
- ^ "Persoonia rudis". APNI. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ Meissner, Carl; de Candolle, Augustin P. (1856). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Paris: Sumptibus Sociorum Treuttel et Würtz,1824-73. p. 333. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
- ^ "Conservation codes for Western Australian Flora and Fauna" (PDF). Government of Western Australia Department of Parks and Wildlife. Retrieved 4 November 2020.